One player who is staying at Arsenal is Alexander Hleb. The midfielder's agent said yesterday he will not be joining Inter Milan.

"I'm often approached about Hleb," said Nikolai Shpilevski. "Juventus, Barcelona and Real are also interested in him. But there are no official offers. I can't imagine what kind of offer Milan could make that we would accept."

Meanwhile, Arsene Wenger has once again run the rule over Lyon starlet Hatem Ben Arfa.

Arsenal scouts watched the 21-year-old winger in Lyon's 1-1 draw with Rennes at the weekend.

But skipper William Gallas believes it is the side's defensive problems that Wenger has to sort out.

Gallas said: "In the last few months, when we concede a goal, we go down very quickly.